One in six people will get dementia: Number of people who have died with the disease DOUBLES in 13 years

Nearly one in six people have developed dementia by the time of their death, new figures show.
A report by Public Health England shows the number of people who died with dementia more than doubled in 13 years, from 6.6 per cent in 2001 to 15.8 per cent in 2014, the latest year for which records are available.
An estimated 850,000 people in the UK are thought to be living with dementia, with figures expected to rise to one million by 2025, and two million by 2050.
In 2014 there were a total of 73,189 deaths with a recorded mention of the condition.
Experts suspect the dramatic rise is partly... read more

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